A popular song from 1946
Words and music by Al Hoffman, Jack Segal, Jerry Livingston
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I just wrote a letter to Santa
A very brief little note
I didn’t ask for lots of things
This is all I wrote
Refrain:
I want a beautiful doll for Christmas
A doll with lovely charms
And as the winter keeps growing colder
I’ll hold her in my arms
I want a beautiful doll for Christmas
To keep me company
She’ll be so comfortable on my shoulder
How cozy we will be
And because I’ll always please her
I know what she’ll do
Every time I squeeze her
She’ll say, “I love you”
I want a beautiful doll for Christmas
That’s all I want for me
And if I get what I want for Christmas
What a Christmas this will be